The European Parliament passed resolution on October 14 calling for EUs increased support for the efforts to help resolve the conflicts in Georgia and the South Caucasus region, in cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other actors.

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The European Parliament has also called on the EU Council and Commission to include the issue of Georgias territorial integrity in the agenda for the dialogue with Russia within the framework of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.

The resolution condemned the recent statements of the Russian authorities about the use of pre-emptive strikes in the South Caucasus as part of Russias security doctrine and stressing the indispensable role Russia should play in the solution of the existing conflicts.

The European Parliament says that the lack of progress in conflict resolution is a setback for Georgias development. The resolution condemned October 3 presidential elections in breakaway Abkhazia as illegitimate and also deplored the recent outbreak of violence in another secessionist region of South Ossetia.

 full demilitarisation, with the exception of the Joint Peace-Keeping Force, of the South Ossetian conflict zone is a precondition for a lasting peaceful solution of the conflict in this region, the resolution reads.